News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 15, 2019: Virgin Voyages is officially open for business, and just started taking bookings for its inaugural season departure of April 1, 2020; U.S. Customs preclearance of Americans headed home from the island of St. Maarten is planned to begin next year; Stop-over tourist arrivals to Caribbean destinations reached 29.9 million tourist visits last year, a decline from 2017; Canadians are being warned to avoid all non-essential travel to haiti as protests and civil unrest continue there and more Caribbean travel news for Feb. 15, 2019.